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Awww Shannon - it is all happening for you ATM! I am so sorry to hear about what is happening in your life....BIG hugs to you! xx
Heather - I am going back to work 4 days a week adn I am dreading it! I love my little man so much and the thought of being away from him for a minute makes my heart ache!
Brooke - Maya is doing well with her sleeps...it took Finlay to 10weeks to sleep through the night!
Gemma - thanks for the comments on our photos...your little Amy is mighty cute. How does she find the Kick and Whirl? They are on special all over the place ATM and I am htinking of getting one! Would you recommend it?
Better go - always things to do!
Megan
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Hi guys,
Just a quickish post again.
AM soooooooo jealous of all of you that have bubs that sleep so long at night! Makenzie still has no idea. She did do one 5-hour stint through the night but she's all over the place still. Being on formula hasn't really made a huge difference to sleeping longer in the night. Well, I guess it has, coz she goes about 4 hours, not 2.
Shannon, sometimes guys just have no idea about what we do all day. They think it's all rest and relaxation and play time! My DH is home a lot of the time now and after my caesar I really played on the "can't hang out washing" etc etc and he pretty much did everything, so he knows exactly how it is. Mind you, with 3 kids, even with both of us doing the chores each day it still doesn't all get done!
Brooke, you know how I said that when Makenzie was measured the nurse said she was only 52cm? I think she was wrong, we measured her ourself today and even with her legs not completely straight she was about 57cms. Unless she put on weight only and has now caught up with length in the last two weeks.
Went and finally got a haircut today. Got a lot chopped off the back as Makenzie keeps grabbing it and getting it in her mouth etc. Made the hairdresser wash it too just coz it feels nice lol.
Better go, hope everyones well,
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Megan, Amy doesn't really know what the kick and whirl is yet as she would much rather look at the walls. There are a few BB people that have bought it. We paid full price...should have waited. I am thinking of going back to work 4 days a week too. Waiting to hear if I was successful for a promotion and if so I will go back early.
Brooke - Amy only held the bottle the once time and we got a photo. Good luck for your thyroid results. That's great the chiro was happy with Maya.
Heather - Wow at Henrix having a hair cut already. My niece is 16 months old and never had her's cut! 10.5 hrs is a great sleep.
Shannon - Glad you are feeling better and Ziana's appointment went well.
We had a busy day, went to Council to pay for Immunisation, Nappyland, butchers, 2 supermarkets, aquariam to get fish tank stuff and Amy slept the whole time. DH just came in with Amy and I said 'I will start dinner in a minute just on BB'. He said that it was my issue not his. It is so good that he doesn't mind and he looks after Amy while I do other stuff.
Will post more later...
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Brooke - That's great news about your thyroid results. Maya is good to sleep so well, you must be very pleased with her.
Shannon - I hope Brielle is okay.
Kate - 9 mths old, you probably weren't expecting that. I will see what my Ob says tomorrow. I hope Kelsey's hips are okay, I'm sure they will be fine. 285g is great weight gain, well done Kelsey and mum :) I am selling some maternity clothes I didn't get to wear and will be listing some finance/personal developement books and baby clothes this week. I just won a book called 'Baby Play' for $6.51 and I saw it in Borders on Monday for $35.00. I have bought heaps of stuff from eBay and have saved a fortune. My username is ralfus2468 if you want to see my auction. Nappyland do sell Huggies but they are cheaper at the supermarket when they are on special. We bought a box of 100 Infant Huggies for $43.00. They also have cheap wipes that are good and heaps of other things for baby.
Be out most of tomorrow so catch you later.
Amy is finally asleep. She has had tummy pain from 6pm and has been crying/screaming on and off for 3 hours. DH is so good with her, he took care of her while I cooked dinner and surfed eBay in between. The gripe water seems to work to settle her down. It was probably her worst day today and they say 6-8 weeks is the worst. She was 7 weeks on Monday.
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Gemma - i have become ebay mad since the birth. I actually hadnt used ebay before but have brought a dummy (a gimicky one that has teeth) and the best buy was a grobag sleeping bag which retail for $85 and i got for $35!! Gotta love that. Its funny about amy and her kick and whirl, hendrix was much more interested in walls as well (he can have a full on conversation with a blank wall) but i have just put him in front of the kick and whirl again and he is having fun, not kicking it though just watching it!! I hope that amy has a better day today.
Well we had a shocker yesterday!! Hendrix was his lovely self until the arvo when he got some side effects from his immunisation. he spiked a temperature wouldnt eat properly got diahorrea and vomited. I cried as DH was at work but after some baby panadol and a lot of cuddles he was his normal self.
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Hi girls.
Shannon, a cyst makes more sense and it's easily treated too. Poor Brielle. I hope you got the antibiotics without too much hassle.
How's Jess doing today? Still wanting to feed 24/7?
Kate, IKWYM about the reflux. Sarah is getting worse but thankfully it settles down over night. I hope the hip scan goes well. Better to be safe than sorry. 8-[
Heather, I hope Hendrix feels better now. One of my kids (can't remember which one! #-o ) reacted like that to all their needles. Better than not immunising them though.
A big "Hi" to everyone else! One of these days I'll do a decent post! LOL
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Layla - thanks for your post. It was a bit scary whilst happening but im so with you in that they were only minor symptoms compared to what would happen if he got the real thing.
Ive put a couple of new photos up if you want to have a look.
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Hey everyone,
Just a quick hello & goodbye :) Kynan is 3 months tomorrow so I'll be heading over to the 3-6mnth thread. Will still pop by when I get the chance though. I haven't been able to post here anywhere near as much as I would have liked!
Anyway, I'd better get going & start Kynan's bed time routine!
PS. Heather - love the pic of Hendrix & his bunny!
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Heather - Hendrix is soooo cute - and what a funky hairdo! He is truly lovely - you must be sooooo proud!
Bye Angel - I will see you there soon...
Megan
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Thanks Angel and Shannon for your kind words about our bubby, we think he is pretty cute but we are slightly biased. We'll miss you both heaps in here also so make sure you do pop in but otherwise hendrix and ill see you in about 4 weeks!!
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Heather, I agree with the others that Hendrix is cute - especially that photo in your ticker. And wow at having a haircut already. Thomas has fuzz!!!
Well, I dunno whether the wonder drink is doing all that much, but it tastes yummy and is giving me fluid so..... I went to the GP about that gall bladder thingy yesterday (had to get resutls of u/s) and everything is clear which is good news (no operation to remove gall bladder). GP said that we would just take pain as it comes as he really isn't sure why I'm getting such chronic pain, although I haven't had an attack in a couple of days (touch wood). But I mentioned my milk supply issue to him and he told me to increase my fluid intake to 4 litres a day and also gave me maxalon tablets to take (1x3 times a day). I've had this before but for nausea when I've had migraines. He said that he doesn't know how it works or why it works, but it does work. 24 hours on, I tend to agree, as my milk supply has picked up a bit (not back to normal, but maybe it will never be). However, I've had this wonder drink, upped my water intake and also taking Fenugreek capsules as well as the maxalon, so something better be working. But Thomas seems to be doing a "jess" atm and seems to want to feed 24/7 and I reckon that no matter how good my milk supply is, there is no way it can keep up with his demands atm. I think also that it used to gush out so fast before, and now he has to work at it a bit more, that he really has a hissy fit at the boob and almost gives up feeding although I can still hand express milk out, so I know that there is plenty there for him.
Ahh, considering giving him forumla at night to "bulk" him up through the night, but after what Gemma mentioned (that Amy not necessarilly getting longer sleep) maybe I'm kidding myself and really being a bit selfish about wanting my own sleep. I'll keep plugging away....
Thomas has been rather cranky for the past 24hrs. In fact DH is in with him (oh oh, Dh has gotten him out of the cot). He won't settle and is only sleeping about 1 hour at a time. I have no idea what is wrong. I would have said that I thought that he was hungry, but I've been expressing and I fed him off both boobs and then gave him another 90ml of EMB only at 7pm and he is wide awake again (and has been for about 30 minutes). I really dunno what to do.
Can I have a bit of a whinge here????
I feel a bit torn about DH settling Thomas at night-time. He means well, but he doesn't really give Thomas the time to settle before he picks him up or talks to him or gives him the dummy (I try not to give him a dummy if at all possible not because I am against them, but because Thomas spits it out and then if he is still partially awake, cries and I have to re-settle him again). The problem with DH doing these things is that I know that eventually it will be me up till all hours getting Thomas to sleep because DH will have to be up at 4.30am to go milk cows and he won't want to stay uphalf the night nursing Thomas because he upset the usual night-time routine. No matter how many times I have told DH not to talk to him or turn on the light or pick him up at night-time, he still does and then I'm up fixing it all.
Whinge over.
Ok, the lad is not settling. i think I'll go to bed and take him with me. May work.
Hayseed
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Hi everyone!
Things have settled down here - now going into the 3rd day in the land of happy bub. didn't want to say anything for fear of jinxing, but Alexander has improved so much! Things did get worse before they got better though. Last weekend was really tough, for the 3 of us! DH and I were upset with each other too, just exhausted!
I can't exactly say what happened to change things. Maybe the medicine is working...maybe he is just growing out of it...but it is obvious he is in a lot less pain with the wind. On Monday I took him to a friend's place here and she gave me a half a beer (the first drink I've had since last October) and I think that helped me to relax a lot. She ended up babysitting for us that evening while we went for a beautiful dinner. Alexander drank 60mls of EBM with her and then slept for 6 hours!! New record! We haven't been able to do that again, but that big sleep has made his week, we think.
Anyway, we are off to the chiropractor tomorrow to see if that will also make him more comfortable.
See ya in the next thread Angel and Shannon! Easy street now they're 3 months, right?
Hendrix is looking so good! Great hair!
Hayseed, good news that you don't need surgery, what a relief. I can advise that drinking a (dark) beer now and then won't hurt your supply! I had a half on monday and everyone was happy. :-)
Hope things are great with all of you and your bubs.
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Good morning,
Hope you all slept well! Had my 6 week check up with the Ob yesterday and all is well. Got fitted with a diaphragm as I am not going back on the pill. Using Billings and temps mainly. Amy is back to normal and had a great day yesterday considering she was passed around yesterday when we went to MIL's.
Kate - My Ob said 6 months. I asked when I could be pg again rather than when to TTC as it only took the one time last time. Just have to convince DH! He also said I would have to have a c-sect again as labour didn't work last time (tried for 25 hrs). Was expecting that.
Deb - Glad Alexander is better and the medicine is working. It's great you and DH had a night out and Alexander fed and slept well.
Hayseed - Maybe you need to explain again to DH what is best for Thomas re the settling or get him to stay up during the night. It doesn't matter if he has to milk cows and he is tired and it may get the message through. Do you have any books? You could read to him about settling. That's what I do although my DH is better than settling Amy than me. Great news about not having to have the operation.
Heather - Just checked out Hendrix's pics. He is so gorgeous! Do you brush his hair? I have bought 5 Grobags from eBay ranging from $25-$40 and all different Togs up to 6 months. Poor Hendrix, can't remember if he was getting the one combo or several needles? Hope he is better today.
Brooke - Good on you for helping your Nanna, you are doing a great job with Maya, your nanna and everthing else. Hope you get some rest soon.
By Angel and Shannon, we will miss you but will catch up soon.
Hi Rachel, Megan, Layla and everyone else :)
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Okay girls, locking this thread now. HERE is the new thread.
